Four-Week Ashtanga Foundations with Meri in Helsinki

Returning to the same foundations across four weeks gives you time to revisit what you learn and ask questions as the practice becomes more familiar.

Start building an Ashtanga practice with Meri Takkinen at Helsinki Astanga Yoga School. Over four weekly sessions, you will explore a beginner sequence and the way breath gives movement its rhythm. The course offers a structured introduction for people curious about a dynamic form of yoga.

Each session lasts 60 minutes. Meri introduces postures, the breathing method used in Ashtanga, focused attention and bandhas, the muscular engagements often called locks in yoga. Vinyasa links the postures with the breath.

Register for the course through the school; its contact page also has a course registration form. The 40-credit pass for four 60-minute sessions costs €73; reduced rates require proof of eligibility. The Annankatu studio is downstairs in the inner courtyard at Annankatu 29 B. The school provides the entry code after registration or by email on request.

• Meri Takkinen

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  Meri Takkinen has studied Ashtanga yoga since the early 2000s and teaches at Helsingin Astanga Joogakoulu.

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